YAY!!!!!   Onward and upward!!!!!

Prayers, positive energy, good juju, , Loving Thoughts and healing energy are all being sick too sweet Arbi!💖👍👏🙏🙏🙏! We know you have your hands full today but update when you can after you've had a moment to catch your breath.

Love and hugs💖

Yes, we're with you.  You may not see us, but I know you  can feel our pawsitive energy and cyber hugs 💖

So glad for the pain med I jection.  I'm sure they'll be doing "stuff" and moving her around, etc that would probably be "uncomfortable" without the injectuon.

It is. absolutely  clear with your Soul deep bond and love you are going to do whatever  is best 5o give sweet Arbi a good quality  life.  💖   Hopefully  you will get some answers now and a path forward to ensure that happens!👍

Take some deep breaths..... and, if you have a phone or tavlet 2here you can record whatever  the Bet says after testing, etc, that will help you process everything later in the peace and quiet of your home .  I know I always think I understand every word they say......u til I get home and cant  remember  a thing!

Hope more dogs come up to you like they did yesterday and share their love💖💖

I k ow the waiting is soooo hard and your mind is going crazy with thoughts!  Rem, it's just as easy to thing a PAWSITIVE  thought as well as it is a negative  though....and a pawsitive thought feels soooo mich better.

💖💖💖💖💖💖.

And if there is a place to get ice cream nearby, maybe  you can slip out and get some.  I've found ice cream is the best way to calm nerves, along with chocolate, cupcakes and anything sweet!!  Yeah, basically  I'm a sweet-aholic😎

'Have to head iinto work shortly, but will keep checking in right up until I have to leave.  AMD of course, continuing  with the pawsit energy, prayers and cyber hugs💖

Jeane, I saw you  were on here just a minute ago and hoping for an unpdate.  No matter what, please know we are holding you in our hearts and here for you..

And please know uou don't  have to post if you aren't up to it.

Just sending  love.....

I am so glad she's home with you and so sad and heartbroken  she is having this issue.

Thank you for updating, I know it was hard.  We so much appreciate it thoug.  I know weve all been on pins and needles  waiting to hear back, but not wanting  to intrude.

I really don't know what to say at this point.  It is a relief to know she isnt in pain and yeah, ot still doesn't  hurt to give her a low dose just in case.

So what did the Vets say was gong on?  The what and they why?  Some of not a disc issue, what?

I hate to keep bringing a disc issue up, but something  happened.  Without going into why I have some info on it, going from feeling her toes being pinched, to that leg basically paralyzed  and then the weakness and splaying in the front legs. "may" indicate  disc damage towards lower end of spine  moving   up her spine to disc closes to shoulder, neck area.

While some Bets don't  believe Prednisone  can "help", some do and prescribe starting at larger doses then reducing.  

Anyway, just throwing  that out there as something  non invasive and not requiring more Vet visits, etc.

I do realize she is "mature" or "well seasoned" as I like to say, and then having Cushing, whackynlover issues too......just more complications. 

Did they mention a supplement to help support  the locer?  Starts with a "D"....Deramin...Deramx....some like that?

Just so ya'll know, we're  still sending pawsitive energy, prayers and pawsitive  healing thoughts straight to Miss Arbi!!  She's  one tough cookie and just might surprise  all those Vets!!! If any doggy can, she can!!

Lots of love and continue  to spoil and spoil and spoil!!!

Hugs

Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!

PS....Did mean to ask so many questions or make suggestions,  but just hoping they told you a reason and why.  It's still worth asking about a steroid depending  on what they said is going on.

Well we fell in love with you and Arbi from day one. The bond and devotion you have to each other pulled at our Heartstrings. If there is a silver lining in this journey it is that we become family, not by blood, but by shared experiences and the depths of love that we have for our dogs and cats that no one else could really understand.

So get some good rest tonight, just like Arbi is.  I love that she's  so comfy she's  snorung😎 Yes snoring is a beautiful thing from a dog.. Just another reminder  being by your side is the best therapy she could have💖

(((((((((((((Hugs and sweet dreams))))))))

Thank you so much for sharing more about the beautiful times you and RV and your family have had together. Talk about an exemplary life well-lived, Arby is that example. And make no mistake about it, she still enjoying being cuddled up with you right now just as much as any other Adventure.

No, you are not being wishy-washy at all. Igor time everyday with our Abbey to make sure that she is comfortable and continues to find joy. Because you know Arby so well, you will know.....you will know.

So, no, I don't think it's wishy-washy at all to keep Sunday's appointment without doing anything invasive and without  foing needless tests that wouldn't  change the outcome anyway,.  But you will have a new set of eyes with  total overall assessment that will help you make any decisions you need to make down the road as far as quality.   AND they may have suggestions  fotr ways to add more comfort.

And thank you for not being frustrated with me for continuing to bring up the disk issue!,  There's a thin line between trying to be helpful but becoming annoying instead. I was afraid I had crossed it! Wiithout going into it, I am  familiar  with it.And absolutely, to continue with anesthesia for an MRI and knowing that a surgery and long confinement would follow, and knowing that the possibility of success is pretty slim, even in four leg dogs.............yeah, not anything  many would pursue. And on top of that the over the top expenses involved, plus her age the Cushing's etc etc nope nope nope.

All that said what I've learned is that, although there is no pain per se from the disease disc on down, the disc itself is very painful. I'm passing on knowledge that I've gained from vets on this issue as well as knowing the difference it made in quality with pain meds being added. Additionally, prednisone has been added. Obviously these are short-term fixes, but if they can make a difference in whatever time is left that's a good thing.  To add more unsolicited advice, if the pecialty clinic is like some and  insist on more tests, MRI, Etc I absolutely 1000000% concur with your previous vets advice and your wisdom  that it would not make any difference as surgery, mri,  completely be off the table.

And to be clear, none of this may have anything at all to do with Arbi's situation. Additionally the suggestions of a pain med and prednisone may not in any way shape or form benefit Arbi.   And to proclaim loudly, I am not a vet and not giving Vet  advice!  Just passing on some information that may or may not be helpful at all!

And please, you need not respond to this post at all. You have so much on your plate right now and your main focus needs to be continuing to spoil and snuggle with precious! I merely pass the disk information on if you decide to keep Sundays appointment it may be worth mentioning. They may have real reasons not to pursue that path at all, or they may think it's worth a try

We would love to see pictures of Arby here's a link for adding images I bet your daughter would know how to figure it out!

You are a very special loving and enlightened Soul Miss Jeane. Just as privileged as you feel to have Arbi be in your life all these years, he feels just as privileged to have you in hers. She has her own person and her own family that has brought her joy and love every single day of her life. Every dog should be so lucky

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